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Sustainability Strategic Plan for the City of University City, Missouri <br />September 12, 2011/ REVISED JANUARY 8, 2012 <br />Page 24 <br /> <br />3. Residential <br /> <br />Goals Actions <br />1 Reduce overall residential <br />waste. For the 12 month <br />period of March 2009 to <br />March 2010, 15,939 tons of <br />waste had been <br />generated by the 11,550 <br />participating residential, <br />municipal and <br />commercial solid waste <br />accounts. About 5,252 <br />tons of the waste was <br />recycled (33% of total <br />waste). This total includes <br />commercial and <br />municipal accounts. <br />a Determine and compare the volume of materials recycled for each 5 year period of <br />2005-2009 and 2010-2014 for participating residential accounts (not including <br />commercial and municipal accounts) <br />b Encourage residents to reduce waste through “reuse” and environmentally sound <br />purchasing through website and emails <br />c Increase the number of single waste bins to replace the large “anonymous” bins which <br />seem to encourage the disposal of recyclable and compostable materials. A single <br />bin per family with extra fee for an additional one will reduce the waste put in. <br />2 Increase percentage of <br />residential waste recycled <br />to 50% by 2015 and 80% <br />by 2025. <br />a Determine the actual total amount of waste for 2005 and 2010 <br />b Determine the actual amount sent to landfills in 2005 and 2010 <br />c Determine the actual amount of recycled waste in 2005 and 2010 <br />d Determine the amount of yard waste collected and composted in 2005 and 2010 <br />e Encourage recycling by allowing additional recycling bins at no extra charge <br />f Target education campaign where recycling is the lowest <br />3 Increase composting a Define “composting” and “organic materials” that can be composted <br />b Provide area where employees can compost <br />c Provide area on U City land where citizens can compost <br />d Host workshops on composting <br />e Research city collection of compostable materials <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />